11 years ago
The son of the Lincoln County Sheriff is in jail facing second degree murder charges. According to the Lincoln County Attorney's Office, 33-year-old Scott M. Weigel was arrested Monday on a warrant charging him with second degree murder. He is the son of Lincoln County Sheriff Mike Weigel. The arrest is in connection with the shooting ...

11 years ago
Police are looking for two male suspects - after a Salina man is attacked with a pipe wrench. According to Lt. Scott Siemsen, relatives took a 31-year-old male to Salina Regional Health Center on Saturday night after he was allegedly attacked by two men near his house in the 500 block of E. Beloit. The man, who ...

11 years ago
A Salina man returns home to find numerous items missing. Salina Police are investigating after 3 guitars and numerous power tools were stolen from a home in the 100 block of N. Ohio, sometime between August 6th and September 6th. The homeowner reported to officers that a Troy-Bilt push mower, Stihl chainsaw, various electric hand tools, ladders ...

11 years ago
A Kansas parole check leads to an arrest by the I 135 / I 70 Drug Task Force. According to Task Force Commander, Lt. Jim Norton, 45-year-old Stephen M. Smith, Jr., of Salina was arrested Friday afternoon on multiple charges that include possession of methanphetimine with intent to sell. Lt. Norton tells KSAL News that a state ...

11 years ago
A team of university scientists has found that federal clean-air laws have helped forests recover from pollution. Kansas State University associate biology professor Jesse Nippert collaborated on the project with West Virginia University researchers. Kansas State says in a news release the researchers spent four years studying more than 100 years' worth of rings in Eastern red ...

11 years ago
Public health warnings have been issued for five Kansas lakes because of dangerous levels of toxic blue-green algae. Less restrictive advisories have been issued for three other lakes. The warnings from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment prohibit swimming, wading, skiing or other direct contact with the water. Lakes now under warnings include Hiawatha City Lake ...

11 years ago
The names of four more soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan will be added to a monument at Fort Riley as the northeast Kansas post marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Wednesday's commemoration begins at 10 a.m. at the Global War on Terrorism monument, located between the parade field and the Cavalry Museum. ...

11 years ago
A Russell man is in custody after a standoff at a home that lasted nearly 8½ hours. Russell County Sheriff John Fletcher says the standoff began Sunday evening when the man barricaded himself in a home, and threatened either to shoot officers or commit suicide. The standoff ended early Monday. Fletcher says in a statement that officers ...

11 years ago
An exhibit featuring Bible illustrations and woodcuts dating to Medieval times is on display at Baker University. The Quayle Bible Collection exhibit is titled "Illuminating the Bible: Woodcuts and Engravings." The exhibit is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through August 2014 in the Helen Foresman Spencer wing of the Collins Library on ...

11 years ago
A driver falls asleep and hits and kills a pedestrian near a disabled vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 70.   According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a vehicle with a flat tire was parked on the north shoulder of the interstate. The driver had exited the vehicle and was standing in the ditch next to it. Troopers ...

11 years ago
A man is hurt in a single vehicle moped crash east of Salina Sunday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 33-year-old Samuel Branham was riding a 2008 JCL moped on Old Highway 40. He lost control and crashed in the middle of the road. Branham was transported to Salina Regional Health Center. The crash happened at 8:25 Sunday ...